Arsenicum bromatum

Arsenic tribromide · Mineral

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Arsenicum Bromatum is indicated in deep-seated psoric and syphilitic constitutions with skin affections, glandular involvement, and neurological deterioration such as locomotor ataxia. It is particularly suited to acne rosacea, diabetic tendency, and conditions calling for Arsenicum but with a more pronounced syphilitic or psoric base.

Key symptoms

  • Herpetic eruptions and syphilitic excrescences
  • Glandular tumors and indurations; carcinoma
  • Locomotor ataxia
  • Acne rosacea with violet papules on nose, worse in spring
  • Acne in young people
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Obstinate intermittent fevers
William Boericke
Homoeopathic Materia Medica · 1901

Bromide of Arsenic

Has proven a great anti-psoric and anti-syphilitic remedy. Herpetic eruptions, syphilitic excrescences, glandular tumors and indurations, carcinoma, locomotor ataxia, and obstinate intermittents, and diabetes are all greatly influenced by this preparation.

Face

Acne rosacea, with violet papules on nose; worse in the spring. Acne in young people.

Dose

Tincture, two to four drops daily in water. In diabetes, three drops three times a day in a glass of water.

John Henry Clarke
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · 1900

Bromide of Arsenic. As Br3.

Clinical

Acne. Diabetes.

Characteristics

"Acne rosacea, with violet papules on the nose. Diabetes mellitus" (Hansen).

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